5 Top Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Buy in 2026
The Motley Fool••general
Key Points:
- AI has driven an 81% market gain over the past three years, with the eight most valuable companies globally being AI-focused, signaling significant growth potential ahead.
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) plays a crucial role in producing semiconductors for AI and other technologies, reporting 41% sales growth in Q3 2025 and strong profitability, trading at a P/E of 31.
- Alphabet leverages AI to enhance its dominant search engine and advertising business, offers Gemini large-language models, and maintains diversified revenue streams from YouTube and Android, trading at a P/E of 31.
- Amazon leads in cloud services with nearly a third of the global market, plans to invest over $125 billion in AI development in 202
